science question- where ya at geniuses?
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Exile, I aint even mad atcha. I guess in some ironic way the "simple" question you asked brought out a lot of complex and convoluted bullshit answers. LOL.
And you're right. The fundamentals do get lost admist the complicated jargon.
Occam's Razor. All the great scientific minds were aware of this precept.
But hey, now you have a better undertanding and that's all that counts. I always tell my student, "a stupid question is the one you never asked"
Gravity isn't even completely understood. There are many theories that describe the nature of gravity, it's a question of compatability. The quest for the most fundamental is still ongoing.
Well, I'm glad we're getting into this shit to answer a dude who didn't know that universes weren't inside galaxies. (No offense to the OP)
You can always tell the difference between those that want to help, and those that are jumping up and down, pissing in their pants to show how much they know. So you know the difference between Eisteinian and Newtonian physics. Great. Good for you. Now how does that help the OP?
ScorpDiesel and 4ce of N8ture, y'all are muddying up the waters, and neither of you is adding anything useful to the thread.
You can always tell the difference between those that want to help, and those that are jumping up and down, pissing in their pants to show how much they know. So you know the difference between Eisteinian and Newtonian physics. Great. Good for you. Now how does that help the OP?
ScorpDiesel and 4ce of N8ture, y'all are muddying up the waters, and neither of you is adding anything useful to the thread.
4ce of FAIL, read the posts, nigga. einsteinian physics reduces to newtonian physics. I've posted CONCRETE INFO to that fact. So, where else is my logic wrong? 
The OP got his answer, correct? Yup, I was pissin' my pants to show what I know. LOL Weren't u doing similar by exposing ur "inner geek"? I digress...
I hurt this nigga 4ce of FAIL's man-feelings. So, now he types in all caps & bold to compensate for his diminutive ego & knowledge. I'll let him get all his pain & frustrations out by playing his game. It's the least I can do. Notice he STILL hasn't found info to confirm what he's saying.
Newton and his collegue Roger Cotes were taking a walk talking about physics and astronomy, got carried away in a deep philosophical debate, forgot that it was getting late and decided to pitch a tent and continue the conversation. Fell asleep and Newton wakes up in the middle of the night:
Newton: "oh fuck, Roger wake up! Look up! See!??"
Cotes: "Ah yes, Orion's belt! Quite a spectacle of a constellation ..."
Newton: "No you idiot! They've stolen our tent!!"
Newton: "oh fuck, Roger wake up! Look up! See!??"
Cotes: "Ah yes, Orion's belt! Quite a spectacle of a constellation ..."
Newton: "No you idiot! They've stolen our tent!!"
The difference between trying to help and pulling the shit you were is that I actually answered the questions the OP (and other people) were asking. You're just getting into a pissing contest with 4ce to show off how much better your google skills are than his. I've read everything you've posted, and so far I haven't seen a single thing that actually helped the thread along.
The difference between trying to help and pulling the shit you were is that I actually answered the questions the OP (and other people) were asking. You're just getting into a pissing contest with 4ce to show off how much better your google skills are than his. I've read everything you've posted, and so far I haven't seen a single thing that actually helped the thread along.
So, it's justified if ur helpin'? Actually, u weren't helpin'. The Star Trek quadrants u mentioned with ur "inner geek" have nothing to do with the OP's question, does it? I support my comments with info from other websites in the same way u posted pics to support Star Trek claims. So again, how is what u do different?
I get that. I know the sun is a star. But the earth only orbits the sun, as I assume all the other stars are, but if I'm correct, some stars out there are even bigger than the sun,some that we can see under certain conditions. If they all orbit the sun, then I assume they all stay in a fixed place because of their orbits.
I knew I'd get clowned for it, but whatever.
You know there is more than one galaxy right? Ours is one of millions...
dude must be tryna find OCK material on me or sumpin'. If it makes u feel better, 4ce, YOU WIN. I'm the big dummy & I don't know wtf I was talkin' 'bout. I should've never doubted ur superior intellectual machismo. /THREAD
Yes, it's different to try and help a man with a question by giving an answer. That's not what you were doing.
And the Star Wars/Star Trek stuff was in answer to another question. So far I've answered 2 questions, while you've answered 0. Some people just like to hear themselves talk. Before this thread I never thought that was you.
The "stars" you see are soooo far apart there is no chance in hell they will ever collide. When I say far apart I mean it takes light years to get from one to another. The sun is a "star" it is much closer but light still takes 7-8 minutes to get to earth which is considered pretty close to the sun. Even the other planets are extremly far from each other as in millions and millions of miles apart even though they go around the same sun.
Some of the stars you see from other solar systems are 10,000 light years from earth meaning it takes light ten THOUSAND years just to get here. In other words there is NO CHANCE any of those stars will EVER hit any other star that is actually in our solar system. Just to put this all into perspective the visible universe is estimated to be 14 billion light year across so the universe is so vast and matter is sooo spread out such collisions you speak of just do not happen very ofter as in almost never.
The sun is one of a billion suns in our milky way galaxy. Only 8-9 planets orbit our sun. There are ONE BILLION other planets out there and they orbit other objects like our sun. For you to understand this you must understand that our sun is not unique. There are millions of other "suns" out there that have planets like earth around them and they are far far away.
Some of the stars you see from other solar systems are 10,000 light years from earth meaning it takes light ten THOUSAND years just to get here. In other words there is NO CHANCE any of those stars will EVER hit any other star that is actually in our solar system. Just to put this all into perspective the visible universe is estimated to be 14 billion light year across so the universe is so vast and matter is sooo spread out such collisions you speak of just do not happen very ofter as in almost never.
The sun is one of a billion suns in our milky way galaxy. Only 8-9 planets orbit our sun. There are ONE BILLION other planets out there and they orbit other objects like our sun. For you to understand this you must understand that our sun is not unique. There are millions of other "suns" out there that have planets like earth around them and they are far far away.
It's not me but hey, ur absolutely right. I like to piss in my pants & hear myself talk. Guess I'm havin' a bad day so I'll go sit in the corner & think 'bout all the bad I've done.
I apologize for correcting wrong niggas & I promise to never to do it again. Can u be my friend now?
Interesting question with answers not as simple as everyone thinks....I am currently reading this book...give it a spin, very interesting and in layman's terms.
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I get that- I think where I fucked up is the fact that the other stars aren't in our solar system at all. The sun is the closest star to us, which is why we orbit the sun. The sun, and all other stars orbit whatever the center of our galaxy is called. So yeah, Gravity puts it all in a fixed pattern, but I was wrong well ahead of that
You seem to have learned a lot here. The center of the Milky Way, our galaxy is called Sagitarius A. It is a SUPERMASSIVE blackhole. This black hole is so powerful it holds all of the matter in our galaxy together the way our sun holds our planets in an orbit.
Speaking of collisions, our Milkyway galaxy will one day, a long long time from now, crash into the Adromeda Galaxy. This collisioin may send our sun and the earth into deep space out of the galaxy all together. It will be the biggest collision in this region of the universe since the big bang according to astronomers.
What makes it funny to me, is that dude assumed that it would take a genius to be able to answer a question that a average 7th grader should know.
I was joking about the genius part, which is why in the OP I said that it was simple. A seventh grader should know, but I doubt many do. I do now.
I did learn a lot. I appreciate those who answered. I found some resources, and got lead to better questions.
You actually did a pretty impressive thing here. While logically considering what you thought you were taught, you realized that the facts didn't add up. It took man hundreds of years to start questioning the heliocentric model of the universe. Call it an inductive leap or independent thought, but questioning what you have been taught like that is a sign of higher intelligence in my book. Posting on bgol... Well there may have been better ways to research ur answer, but you knew it'd be good for a laugh and someone else might have the same question or answer.
Hell when I was a kid I thought that buck rogers was flying through stars at the end of the show, and wondered why so many small stars collided like that.
that what makes me keep coming here. I love looking at pussy like the next man, but it's hilarious to know that there are some extremely intelligent dudes on here, if you ask the right line of questions. I've clowned plenty of dudes on here for their question, so I just took my knocks. The problem I was having in thinking about it is, I couldn't figure out what it was I really wanted to know, so I didn't know where to start looking
I do now, thanks to the PORN BOARD.I aint trippin on getting clowned, I know I aint stupid.
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Mass, not size.
jesus christ.
space is mostly just that. SPACE.
since we're on the geek tip today, here is an amazing youtube video that shows the size of the planets and well known stars in scale.
can someone assist with an embed?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1w8hKTJ2Co&feature=related
space is mostly just that. SPACE.
since we're on the geek tip today, here is an amazing youtube video that shows the size of the planets and well known stars in scale.
can someone assist with an embed?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1w8hKTJ2Co&feature=related
Some binary and ternary stars orbit each other.
Basically that's true, but relativisticly speaking the planets are not on a fixed orbit. As stars like the Sun age their mass changes which in in turn affects the planets' orbit. The same goes for stars and galaxies. They are not in a fixed position because the universe is constantly expanding. we can't detect sigificant changes since it takes billions of years and we are talking about distances usually measured in millions of lights years.
You should check out the Universe on the History Channel. It's on at 6 p.m. EST today. You can watch How The Earth was Made. It's on the History Channel right now. This might give you an idea of the concept of things.
To the OP. Continue your pursuit of knowledge and you will find some of what you seek. Here is a video that helped answer many of the questions that I had about space. Enjoy.
The Elegant Universe
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html
The Elegant Universe
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elegant/program.html
It's not me but hey, ur absolutely right. I like to piss in my pants & hear myself talk. Guess I'm havin' a bad day so I'll go sit in the corner & think 'bout all the bad I've done.
Okay I hate to say it dude, but this made me laugh. We're cool. Can you please be my friend now?
Exactly. What you described is called cosmic red-out.
But this all depends on whether dark energy maintains the acceleration of cosmic expansion.
Other predictions are that the acceleration stops and the universe expands for ever or the acceleration get even faster and dark energy basically rips apart everything, galaxies, superclusters and even atoms or it decelerates and and collapses to an eventual popular big crunch theen another big bang and the cycle continues.
Funny thing about all of this is that the stars, planets and us make up less than 0.5% of the universe so will we really wont be missed.
See, this is the problem with googling answers. Everything you said is 100% correct. Unfortunately it has NOTHING AT ALL IN ANY WAY to do with the post you quoted. NO-THING. What you copied has to do with our current theory as to the end of the universe. Dude was talking about when our galaxy collides with the Andromeda galaxy.